we don t want to forget that those changes are happening because we saw the last ever in the united states last summer. i know the kristen clark s nomination is something that is close to your heart and she is an alum of the organization on her confirmation is a landmark moment, first african american woman to hold that post. it s also critically important is going to hold that post. i wonder if you could talk a little bit about how you think the justice department under merrick garland has done so far. on civil rights issues and on issues of police reform and even advance of miss clark taking her position tonight. it matters who leads the department of justice and we see that already. the department is already opened an investigation into minneapolis police department
address the fact that it was just wrong. and it it dispenses with also the relevance of the federal government to step in on civil rights issues where states have failed, which is why we had the civil rights act and the voting rights act. you thought he was hedging. well, we have a different perspective on it. brian williams and also nicolle wallace in new york. if vice president biden had handled it differently, used different language, would we be having this conversation? if he had said i was one of a hundred and i couldn t eoverturn the election results in the southern states of the people i served with but our job was to pass laws, do you for example respect all of the personal and legislative histories of your 99 colleagues in the senate today? brian, i i find it difficult to relate the reputation and history and actions and words of those two
what you were raising tonight? i think i would like to hear him acknowledge what was wrong about a perspective on bussing and a perspective that i believe he had at that time. listen, bussing was part of what was necessary to integrate the schools of america. to then fall back on what s the state s responsibility versus the federal government, that leaves the need to address the fact that it was just wrong. it dispenses the relevance of the federal government to step in on civil rights issues where states have failed. that s why we had the civil rights and the voting rights act. you felt he was hedging. we have a different perspective on it. nicole wallace in new york.
have relations on a daily contact with fbi on civil rights issues i bet you are. what is your point? your critics say did you come on here to discuss [ overlapping speakers ] the viewers should know that you have gone after and threatened reader s digest, the medical association, u.s. and world report, the dallas morning news, fox news, we did a segment just the other week, you demand add retraction, which you re not getting, every time you hear something you don t like, you try to shut down the message. we re here in america we like speech. that s called good and bad. it s called the constitution and first amendment. no, no, the first amendment allows free speech, every speech you don t like. you get to say hateful things about islam and we don t get to respond? no, sir, see, your problem is you don t want to respond, you want to silence. no, we want to challenge
have relations on a daily contact with fbi on civil rights issues i bet you are. what is your point? your critics say did you come on here to discuss [ overlapping speakers ] the viewers should know that you have gone after and threatened reader s digest, the medical association, u.s. and world report, the dallas morning news, fox news, we did a segment just the other week, you demand add retraction, which you re not getting, every time you hear something you don t like, you try to shut down the message. we re here in america we like speech. that s called good and bad. it s called the constitution and first amendment. no, no, the first amendment allows free speech, every speech you don t like. you get to say hateful things about islam and we don t get to respond? no, sir, see, your problem is you don t want to respond, you want to silence. no, we want to challenge